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In lugnet.general, James Trobaugh writes:
> Jake,
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> I like the idea, I think it will be a nice resource.
Thanks! Yeah, I hope it gets used!
> A few things I noticed right away:
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> 1) Could you add away that I can see all the instructions with out being
> broken in to catagories? I have to do a lot of clicking to just browse the
> current instructions. It would be nice to just see a list of all available
> instructions no matter what their catagory.
I am still trying to work out a way to do something like this. The problem
is that if the resources gets used a lot, then that single page would be
REALLY long. Let me put some thought into it.
> 2) Is there a way for you to include a thumbnail with the item description
> so I don't have to open each link to see what I'm looking at?
I am also still trying to work on that as well. I didn't include it in the
first release because of the issues at hand. I will put it on the list for
more thought. The problem there is that either I have to add a huge level of
complexity on my end in order to upload and store the thumbnails, or I have
to add a level of complexity for the users to also enter the URL for the
thumbnail on their site. Hmm... let me keep thinking about this one.
> I guess I need to get working on some instructions for a few of my models,
> might even have to build a few Rail Racer instructions so there is something
> in the Trains/Other catagory :)
Alright!
Thanks for the comments James! Keep the ideas coming!
Jake
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Jake McKee
LEGO Enthusiast
LUGNET Member #211
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Jake - I love this idea, and I think it looks great. I've got some
suggestions too, but please don't take them as criticisms!
> In lugnet.general, James Trobaugh writes:
> > 1) Could you add away that I can see all the instructions with out being
> > broken in to catagories? I have to do a lot of clicking to just browse the
> > current instructions. It would be nice to just see a list of all available
> > instructions no matter what their catagory.
In lugnet.general, Jake McKee writes:
> I am still trying to work out a way to do something like this. The problem
> is that if the resources gets used a lot, then that single page would be
> REALLY long. Let me put some thought into it.
It would be much more useful to have this at the moment, while there are
still empty categories. I'm not sure about having things go into just, say,
'Trains' rather than a particular sub-category though. How about have
'Trains' shows everything in all its sub-categories? I know you're going to
hate me for making this suggestion, but why not have it so that each
category, at the bottom, lists everything in all its sub-categories in
reverse age order. That way you always see the latest addition first, like
Lugnet's messaging. Then you just show five or so per page, and have
back/forward buttons. I know it's a lot of work but I think it would look
good. You'll probably need paging controls and different sort orders (age,
hits, alphabetically, etc.) anyway when it starts to fill up.
> > 2) Is there a way for you to include a thumbnail with the item description
> > so I don't have to open each link to see what I'm looking at?
>
> I am also still trying to work on that as well. I didn't include it in the
> first release because of the issues at hand. I will put it on the list for
> more thought. The problem there is that either I have to add a huge level of
> complexity on my end in order to upload and store the thumbnails, or I have
> to add a level of complexity for the users to also enter the URL for the
> thumbnail on their site. Hmm... let me keep thinking about this one.
Thumbnails are a tricky one. Letting people provide a link to a thumbnail
will lead to all sorts of different sizes.
I'd suggest adding something to the submissions so that people can at least
specify a picture of their completed model that they'd prefer to go on your
page, whether you're going to add a thumbnail or not.
Do you host these pictures yourself or they all links? And what scripts are
you running? PHP4 can read an image's size and resize or resample it on
demand for generating thumbnails.
Jason J Railton
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